In Flames Lyrics

    ------ About the song Come Clarity performed by In Flames

I've been listening to inflames for a little over a month now and all I've found is true music not that fake shit you see everywhere just talkng sex drugs and wanna be 'gangstas.' I've heard more soul from this bands music than I have one most mainstream stations. At least where I live anyways. If I had to sum up all over their songs that I've heard I'd have to say there is always something I can take away with some meaning that always makes my day more barable and easy to cope with. I love this band simple as that. They always make me think somehow.

    ------ About the song Reflect The Storm performed by In Flames

Amazing song, powerful and deep meaningful lyrics... In Flames is just too awesome for words alone.

To those complaining about that guy "preaching", fuck off. It's called "freedom of speech" for a reason. Don't wanna hear what he has to say? Don't listen/read. It's not that hard, idiots.

    ------ About the song The Puzzle performed by In Flames

I personally think that this song is referring to the end of humanity in his point of view of the picture. Its not easy to understand life and its situations but therefor he mentions that every day we are giving a sign. It could be signs like disasters, political parties taking control over a country and burning it down to the ground. Putting all the pieces together to understand what life has to really offer us as weak humans. We don't want to accept the fact that we actually care about other people's opinions on the stuff that we do, we tend to act up as a strong character to show we are not weak in any way.

    ------ About the song Vacuum performed by In Flames

Dear reader, as you can understand Anders is a genius at writing lyrics, so I shall try and help you understand what this song means, line by line. Of course, I could be wrong in interpretation, but I believe one of Anders' tools that he uses to his advantage is subjective and objective interpretation. I will try and explain what Anders himself could have meant. I have tried to translate THEIR feel of the song without putting my own opinions or biased views on anything. (Ofc my interpretation is an opinion, but we shall see) Here it goes:

"The yesterday we loved speaks of tomorrow." - The time that has passed we yearned for, we enjoyed that time, and this will eventually happen in the future as well. We do not (really) enjoy the moment as it arrives but right after, things seem better in memory. This is hinting at a cyclical time-frame occurrence.

"The burden of man is that time never takes a pause. We live from Monday to Sunday but forget what it means." - These two lines go together, as we can understand. They both refer to time, the first line of the two clearly makes it axiomatic but I shall try to explain anyways. Time just goes and goes, and that's our burden. It never takes a pause, things happen so fast, but we sometimes take time for granted. Hence the "but forget what it means" - It means we are alive, we have life, the most precious gift of all.

"Then a ghost comes to visit and we tell stories from tabloids" - This is rather cryptic, but I believe I know what it means. "Then a ghost" - Perhaps death? "And we tell stories from tabloids" - News? So let me put it together, the entire stanza. You are living your life, taking time for granted, then a ghost (death) visits you and people are then telling stores and news about your death -> all your time is now gone. They're saying DONT TAKE TIME FOR GRANTED. (Recall Come Clarity from this album)

"Call all your friends watch fake photos from a made up vacation speaking in tongues about ancient artifacts" - This is an interesting piece here. This is hard to understand, but I will try to explain what I am thinking. Here, he uses words "fake" and "made up" so he's pointing to the transparency of mankind at times, being fake and just saying things to be accepted by peers.

"speaking in tongues about ancient artifacts" - This...is a strange line, but I do not think it's here for no purpose. Perhaps speaking this certain friend speaking about this made up vacation? Hmm...

"We steal from beggars and ask for understanding," - I separated this line up because its talking about two different things. This line is talking about how the government steals from beggars (tax) and, well, us in general, we're greedy and we do steal at times but we justify it under other pretences and etc. The next part of the line should be said with derision "and ask for understanding" let me rephrase it so you can understand. And you STILL dare ask for understanding after stealing from beggars? You see what they mean now? They're speaking about how haughty humanity is with their sins, and how in ruin and chaos justice is.

"lie, rape, steal and murder to make tonights headlines" - This is people trying to get attention by doing acts of evil, clearly being pushed into this by the former line, the thieves and the robbers of the world, and these evils mentioned in this line too. Everything affects everything, remember that.

"Trust the system, make your contribution, smile, applaud, love hail. The weaker you get the stronger they become" - Here, they are talking about how the government and the "system" is fucking you over, simply put. Remember, all of the characteristics they mentioned here are contributory (ass-kissing) characteristics. Fake smiles, fake applaud, fake love and fake hailing of other people to make contribute to society to satisfy our inherent greedy nature. They even (brilliantly) finish this off with a "The weaker you get the stronger they become" as in - The weaker you become to the enslavement of the system, the more those characteristics will take over your life, and the more real they will become. (Your contributions to the system, since, according to them [and it is] the system is fucking you over)

"Listen in silence, hear her voice
How far are we ready to take this?
Listen in silence, hear her voice
Before it all crumbles " - Many of you have had interesting interpretations of this, but to the theme of the song there is only one correct answer. "Her voice" is YOUR CONSCIENCE. Listen in silence, hear your conscience (they made it a 'her' because your conscience is precious, and beautiful, and fragile.) HOW FAR ARE YOU READY to take your evils? Your sins? Your wrong doings? How far are you ready to take this situation that you are in? Your lie, your rape, your theft? your murder? LISTEN IN SILENCE, BEFORE IT ALL CRUMBLES. Before your life shatters before your eyes because you cannot live with who you've become. Listen...in silence, and hear....her voice. Heed her voice.

"Gather in front of the TV. Exploding sympathy. The weatherman, our trust our punctual company " - Gather in front of the lie machine for your daily dosage of propaganda. People switch on the TV and watch the news and they suddenly have so much sympathy for the people who are being affected by "Lie, rape, steal and murder" yet they commit evils in their daily life. Ironic, no?

"The weatherman, our trust, our punctual company" - The talking man in the box is our trust, what he says we accept, because he's never wrong and he's always on time, in a suit, and like a father figure. We need not to fear.

NO. In Flames are saying BEWARE. BE VERY VERY CAREFUL. Propaganda is flying everywhere (on the tv especially) and you need to watch out what you listen for, what you do, where you go, how your own attitude is. They're asking you to listen to your conscience, and hear her voice....Before you take it too far.

P.S. In Flames are geniuses, and they are the best band to walk the face of the earth. I think In Flames fans are intelligent, because they are very very very good musically and lyrically. Thanks

    ------ About the song Clayman performed by In Flames

I'll give my shot at this, since I really like to analyse in flames songs: (remember, Anders is a genius and this can be interpreted multiple ways but I believe there's an objective interpretation and a subjective one)

Your self control makes me feel alone - Here Anders is saying that other people's self control makes him feel like, how could he ever match up to that? Some people just seem to have it all.

I've tried confidence, had it for breakfast today - He tried to be confident but it's not that easy, it's hard to obtain. I believe his usage of "had it for breakfast today" is irony.

I've lost the perfection, a mess without words - He has lost how he perceived life, and the juxtaposition possibly could mean that, perfection is one millimetre away from a mess. Perhaps he meant that, perhaps not.

As the seasons change I'll continue to ignore - This line goes with above one, he'll continue to ignore the mess his life is in. A take on apathy.

The image I project is living in me
The picture that I scanned is borrowed

These two lines mean that the image that he shows to other people is living inside of him, and the latter line means, he scanned another person's personality and he borrowed it. I.e. - Not living his own life, trying to copy other people. Perhaps the stem of his imperfect mess.

After the education, you stopped making sense to me - This one is pretty axiomatic, but true. In school life seems to make sense, but the second you walk out that door and take a deep breath of life, you realize that things are not what they seem at all.

Seems to me that it's all the same, time and time and time and time again - This line couples with the previous statements and with life itself. Hence their other song "As the Future Repeats Today" Time is cyclical.

Slowly, all that I believed in, turning into a lie - This is the clayman piece. Appearences are not what they seem. People, things, ideas, they are lies or truths depending on how and when you perceive them.

To aim and miss, my supernatural art - This is a good one. "To aim and miss" as in, never to succeed. He says its a supernatural art because if you consistantly mess up or something, you'll start thinking of something to blame or, it's just his talent. He says it's supernatural because it just adds to the feel of it. If you think about it it's well said.

Spending too much time with myself
Trying to explain who I am

Clearly Anders is an introvert. Like myself. I spend a lot of time thinking who I am and what I should be and etc. Here he uses the words "too much time" however and I believe this implies a negative attitude. As in, he thinks and thinks but it solves nothing and gets him nowhere.

How come it's possible?
I wish there was a way
I feel so invicible
I'm the sculpture made of clay

The chorus. Beautifully sung. First he asks a question. The question pertains to either 1) How is it possible that people have it all figured out and he doesn't - or 2) (Ill explain later) Why you get people who manipulate you for a gain. He then says, I wish there was a way. Perhaps to understand?

I believe invincible is right because of what I think. People who manipulate (the clay, it's being molded by other people and outside opinions) Make you first feel invincible. They flatter you, they make you feel big and strong and inflate your ego - because then they've laid you open for you to do something for them. The last line of the stanza should be obvious now.

I need someone to break the silence
before it all falls apart
I need something to cling onto
before I break you in parts

Here's the 2) that I discussed earlier coming into fruition here. I believe this stanza is talking about his relationship with a said female. "before it all falls apart" - "before I break you in parts" - She is the person who is making him feel like a clayman, other than the society and etc.

So afraid of what you may think
And all the plastic people that surrounds me
I have to find the path to where it all begins
To teach the world my supernatural art

The first two lines could be a manifestation of his introverted nature. "Afraid of what you may think" - Scared of their thoughts? Why? Are they superior to you? Are you not certain of yourself? I'm sure you can figure this out too ;)
The plastic people are people who are transparent. Recall the song Transparent from Reroute to Remain? These are people who are fake and pretend to be what they're not. But you can still see through them.

The last two lines, he is speaking about finding his path to the origin. Which is himself. So, ironically, reflecting in himself brought him to this trouble, but yet, the only way to fix it is to reflect within himself. Again, he speaks here about his supernatural art to aim and miss, time and time and time again. Perhaps his inner thoughts? I don't know....Bottom line is: Anders is a genius and In Flames are the best band to walk the face of the earth ever.

    ------ About the song Cloud Connected performed by In Flames

I don't see anything in here talking about this meaning correctly.

It's about a strong disagreement with another person, and both have strong positions, and both wish the other person were out of the picture. Take them down, or be taken down.

After one person has been eliminated, the other realizes that a chain of events or circumstances that connect people to one another. Removing a person solves nothing, because eventually, things will turn around on you. Being rid of somebody brings them in closer to you.

Examples:
Killing a girl brings her boy friend to your door.
Hurting somebody else triggers feelings of remorse.

The point of the song being, that even the simplest of misdeeds can have greater consequences.

    ------ About the song Come Clarity performed by In Flames

Makes me think of my life right now. Caught at a point where I don't know what to do with my life. There is so much I want to be, so much I want to see, but I just do not know how to go about it. It is stressful, for anyone to be content with the path they choose in life. This song is me telling myself, "I want you, to lead yourself."

There are alot of unknowns in life and it humbles you everyday when you think of all the things that could happen. What I take from this song, is that I never want my decisions to hold me back.

    ------ About the song Clayman performed by In Flames

A few nice interpretations below, however Anders has stated that he wrote this song when he was going through a rough patch in his life. He was having problems with his relationship and said he wrote this because he felt he was a "piece of clay". I suspect it is in reference to him feeling as though he has been manipulated into believing falsehoods by his partner.

    ------ About the song Take This Life performed by In Flames

I'M BADASS COZ I CAN PLAY THIS ON A VIDEO GAME THAT CAME OUT SEVERAL YEARS AGO ON A RATHER BADLY MADE PLASTIC REPLICA OF A MAKE OF GUITAR THAT I'VE NEVER HEARD OF.

lol jokes I'm actually pretty crap at this on GH3, but yeh great song by a great band. Love it.

    ------ About the song Versus Terminus performed by In Flames

i didn't really like how the other dude explained the question stanzas...he just explained one of em and it doesn't work for the other ones in my opinion anyway. in "when all is dead and gone we'll know who lost who won,..." its like who cares what we know, everythings gone, the knowledge we obtained wasn't worth destroying everything. and "when all the lights go out..." its like, its pretty similar to the last one, you don't know what something is or means until you've lost it and at that point it doesn't matter what you learned because it's over.